Improvement in faucets



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER BAIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,012, dated November15, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BAIN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new anduseful Improvement in Means for Drawing Liquids 5 and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1is a front elevation of my'improved faucet or cock, and Fig. 2 is asection through the plug of the cock. Fig. 3 is a side view With the capon one end of the plug in section and the parts at rest, and Fig. 4represents the cock as in use for drawing liquids and the opposite capof the plug in section.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts in all the figures.

Various devices have heretofore been made for drawing liquids-such astea, coffee, ice and boiling Water, Stefrom the urn, cooler, or vesselcontaining the same, all of which have to be operated by the hand takinghold of the handle and turning the same so as to open the passage forthe delivery of the said liquid. In all of said devices there has beengreat difficulty and inconvenience experienced, particularly1 indrawin ghot liquids, on account of the heat communicated to the handle, andsoldiers or others, having lost an arm or hand, are not readily able todraw liquids by such devices, because both hands are usually required toopen the faucet and place the glass or other receptacle under the same.This is a-voided with Iny apparatus, and onlyone hand is required.

The nature of my said invention consists in applying a yoke or leverbelow and to the plug of the faucet in such a manner that it shall standin a vertical, or nearly vertical, position under the said plug, andwhen pushed back shall turn said plug so as to open the passage for thedelivery ofthe liquid; and said plug is to be operated by placing theglass or other receptacle against said yoke or lever and pressing thesame into the position shown in Fig. 4. Thereby the faucet does not haveto be touched by the fin gers, and when used with a water-cooler it Lisvery convenient from the quick and simple way of in which it is used.

In the drawings, a is the barrel or body part of the faucet. b is theplug ground into the same, and having the hole 1 for the delivery ofliquids. c is the yoke or lever applied to the plug and turning the samewhen pressed upon. 2 2 are pointed screws, that secure the ends oftheyoke c from becoming detached from the plug b, and at the same time makean ornamental finish to the ends of said plug. d is a volute spring,that winds up under the operation of drawing the liquid, and thereforeturns the plug to close the passage when pressure is taken ed' of theyoke or lever c. e is a helical spring, applied between a shoulder onthe plug b and the cap f for the purpose of creating a pressure on thesaid plug, thereby keeping it closely pressed into the barrel or bodypart of the faucet and preventing leakage. 3 is a pin on the plug toregulate the amount of turning motion of the same. gis a cap similar tothe cap f, that completes the ornamental construction of the faucet andAcovers the spring d..

The operation of my improved faucet is as follows: Take the glass orother receptacle in the hand and place the same against the yoke orlever c press it back to the position seen in Fig. 4, and the liquidwill run into the glass. Upon relieving the pressure the spring d willcause the plug and yoke to assume the position shown in Fig. 3, therebyshutting off the supply.

It will be apparent that my said mode of operating the plug b isconvenient, and that no handling of the yoke is required therebypreventing burning the fingers with hot liquids and making it easy forthose having lost an arm or hand to operate the same.

The yoke or lever c might be bent into such a shape that the cock wouldbe turned by pressing the vessel up against the same instead of saidlever or yoke being pressed back.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim, and desire byLetters Patent, is-

The yoke or lever c, applied below the plug of the cock or faucet in themanner specified, so that the liquid may be drawn by pressing the saidyoke or lever by the vessel to re ceive the liquid, as specified. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 24th day ofJune, 1864.

ALEXR. BAIN.

Witnesses:

LEMUEI. W. SERRELL, CHAs. H. SMITH. v

